köken: From Ancient Greek βέρβερι (bérberi, “pearl oyster”) or perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Spanish carnero (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.
cockle (any bivalve of the genus Cerastoderma) · thimble (metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing) · variety of cherry
köken: Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus ((Venus verrucosa); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.
blood cockle, ark clam (an Asian species of bivalve resembling the cockle) (Tegillarca granosa) · cockle (any of various edible European bivalve mollusks)